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FIG. 156
COMMENTARY Camondo, Paris.2 The mounts of the base are clearly
from the same fondeur-ciseleur's workshop as that of this
The form of the vase derives from an ancient vase, as are the mounts of the Harewood examples.
bronze vessel. The four-"prong" motif of the handles is
a stylized representation of a dragon in profile. On December 30, 1758, Lazare Duvaux sold to
the duchesse d'Orleans "Une vase d'andenne porce-
The bluish-green glaze color, a brighter tone than laine, vert-celadon, orne de bronze dore dyor moulu . . .
the traditional celadon, was first achieved in the Kangxi 600 livres."3 This entry perhaps gives an idea of the price
imperial ceramic studios. It was accomplished through a that a single vase of this type commanded in the eigh-
change in the traditional recipe and became typical of teenth century.
the eighteenth century.
PUBLICATIONS
A pair of celadon vases of the same design was in the Lunsingh Scheurleer 1980, p. 94, no. 330, fig. 318;
collection of the Earl of Harewood at Harewood House, Watson 1980, p. 42, no. 18; Bremer-David et al. 1993,
Yorkshire; it was sold in London in 1965^ Another pair, p. 155, no. 260.
with plain gilt-bronze moldings around the lips and
handle mounts in the form of laurel wreaths depending
from the porcelain handles, is in the Musee Nissim de
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